Euro 2016: Jamie Vardy faces wrist surgery and injury lay-off upon return to Leicester City
The England striker, who could finalise a move to Arsenal after the tournament, will undergo surgery on the long-standing problem
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Your support makes all the difference.Jamie Vardy faces a three week injury lay-off when he returns to Leicester City at the end of Euro 2016 after revealing that he will undergo to resolve a long-standing wrist problem.
The England forward, who has yet to publicly decide on his club future following a £20m bid from Arsenal prior to his departure for France earlier this month, has been playing with a protective cast on his right arm since being injured during Leicester’s Premier League victory against Aston Villa last September.
And having dismissed suggestions that the cast has now become a lucky charm, Vardy has admitted that the failure of the bones to heal sufficiently means he will be forced to go under the knife following France 2016.
"No (it’s not a superstition), I still need the cast on,” Vardy said. “I've got to have an operation after the tournament.
“I've got two big cracks in my wrist which need a bone graft once I get home, but it will only keep me out for three weeks.
"I did it playing against Villa at the start of the season, that's how long it's been fractured."
Vardy has shelved a decision on his future until the end of the tournament, with the 29-year-old understood to be ready to reject Arsenal in favour of remaining with the champions.
But despite the speculation, Vardy insists he has had no problems focusing on England’s Euro 2016 campaign.
"It's been easy to shut that out," he said. “I'm here to concentrate and focus on England and that's all I'm going to be doing and now we'll just get back on that training field and focus on the next match.
“We’re here for England. There is only one thing you want to do and that is to play football to the best of your ability.
“If you let things start distracting you, then you’re not going to be able to do that, which will then jeopardise the team as well.
“So everything gets completely blanked out except for England, England, England.
“I have always been one of those that as soon as you step over the white lines that’s it. The only thing is football. Nothing’s going to change that.”
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